2017-03-31T05:07:10ZWays and Means CommitteeHealth SubcommitteeReferred to2017-04-12T16:16:19Zhswm02HouseReferred to2017-03-30T13:02:50ZStandinghswm00Energy and Commerce CommitteeHealth SubcommitteeReferred to2017-03-31T15:01:22Zhsif14HouseReferred to2017-03-30T13:02:45ZStandinghsif00Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017Short Titles as IntroducedTo amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program, and for other purposes.Official Title as IntroducedAmbulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017Display TitleAmbulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017(Extracted from GPO) Short Titles as IntroducedHR[Congressional Record Volume 163, Number 56 (Thursday, March 30, 2017)]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. NUNES:H.R. 1838.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Clause 1 of section 8 of article I of the Constitution ofthe United States.[Page H2601]]]>Rep. 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[D-FL-7]StephanieFalseN.2018-07-18M001202FLD7Murphy2318M0012021151.0.0House2017-03-301152017-05-02Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.Ambulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017CRSIdentical billS10011152018-07-17Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 643.ASC Payment Transparency Act of 2018CRSRelated billHR6138HealthAmbulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 20172017-04-12Health Subcommitteehswm02House committee actions1Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.Committee2017-03-31Health Subcommitteehsif14House committee actions1Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.CommitteeReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.H111002017-03-30Ways and Means Committeehswm00House floor actions2IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.H11100-A2017-03-30Library of Congress9IntroReferralReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.H111002017-03-30Energy and Commerce Committeehsif00House floor actions2IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseIntro-H2017-03-30Library of Congress9IntroReferralIntroduced in House10002017-03-30Library of Congress9IntroReferral7122112017-04-12Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.HealthAdministrative law and regulatory proceduresAdvisory bodiesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesHealth care qualityHealth facilities and institutionsHealth information and medical recordsHome and outpatient careMedicareSurgery and anesthesia183800Introduced in HouseAmbulatory Surgical Center Quality and Access Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) require the payment system for ambulatory surgical center (ASC) services to feature certain positive annual adjustments equivalent to those made with respect to hospital outpatient department (OPD) services; (2) revise quality reporting requirements to permit publicly available, side-by-side comparisons of quality measures for ASCs and OPDs in the same geographic area; and (3) require the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), when excluding requested procedures from the list of those approved to be performed in ASCs, to cite specified reasons for doing so.

With respect to excluding procedures from the approved list for ASCs, HHS may not cite as a basis for exclusion that a procedure can only be reported using an unlisted surgical procedure code. (Physicians sometimes use unlisted codes when performing new procedures or services if no existing code is adequately descriptive.)

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